Departmental Manpower

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department.

Tim Loughton: Details of the number of full-time staff employed at each Civil Service grade in each Minister's office are as follows:
	
		
			   Grade 5  Grade 6  Grade 7  Higher executive officer  Executive o fficer  Executive a ssistant 
			 Michael Gove 1 1 1  2 4 
			 Sarah Teather 0 0 0  3 1 
			 Nick Gibb 0 0 0  3 2 
			 Jonathan Hill 0 0 0  3 1.7 
			 Tim Loughton 0 0 0  3 1 
		
	
	The Department has fewer Ministers and fewer staff than under the previous administration.